LPG or oil for new boiler

Sonoftheheir

Sonoftheheir

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Arable Farmer
Location
West Suffolk
Need to put a new boiler in a rural property, what would you chose? LPG or Oil?
LPG works out £1000 less installation and engineer reckons you get more energy from gas for your money?
 
J B

J B

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Location
Shrops/Staffs/Cheshire borders
LPG is cheaper to install but dearer to use.
LPG suppliers have been know to be economical with the truth allegedly - unless you own your own tank, they have you by the short and curlies. You *have* to be tied to a 2 year contract and they use every excuse under the sun to increase the price 'due to market forces' - yea right!!

If you have a spare minute or two, you could do worse than read this thread which has been running since 2008, but only contains 3K messages!!
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=1003291
 
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phillipe

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Lpg,is far more economical than oil i think ,the boiler is half the size ,no smell,and you can fix your gas price for as lonv as you like
 
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phillipe

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J B said:
LPG is cheaper to install but dearer to use.
LPG suppliers have been know to be economical with the truth allegedly - unless you own your own tank, they have you by the short and curlies. You *have* to be tied to a 2 year contract and they use every excuse under the sun to increase the price 'due to market forces' - yea right!!

If you have a spare minute or two, you could do worse than read this thread which has been running since 2008, but only contains 3K messages!!
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=1003291
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Yes and the oil companys are angels,
 
Sonoftheheir

Sonoftheheir

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Arable Farmer
Location
West Suffolk
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Lincoln75

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Sonoftheheir said:
We put a woodchip burner in there 2 years ago for £3K. Tenants couldn’t be bothered to keep filling it. Left the heating off most of the time, got damp and problems ever since.

Letting agents say best get rid of it.
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If the tenants were halfwits you'd have had the same problem with gas or oil.
 
Sonoftheheir

Sonoftheheir

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Arable Farmer
Location
West Suffolk
We have three quotes one for gas and oil boilers from one company and one for oil from another. Quote includes new rads and pipe work and removal of old. New controls etc.

LPGas boiler etc £4295
Oil £5895 (bunded tank £465 extra)

Other company £6800 for oil and bunded tank.
 
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phillipe

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Sonoftheheir said:
We have three quotes one for gas and oil boilers from one company and one for oil from another. Quote includes new rads and pipe work and removal of old. New controls etc.

LPGas boiler etc £4295
Oil £5895 (bunded tank £465 extra)

Other company £6800 for oil and bunded tank.
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What sort of boiler ? Just chucked aa 4 year old baxi out as baxi washed their hands of it ,replacing with worcester
 

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